Justice & Public Safety
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Corrections officers spend a disproportionate amount of time on administrative tasks rather than helping prisoners in ways that improve outcomes. AI is one tool to help, but it must be implemented thoughtfully. -
The White House is expected to give the New York Police Department the authority to ground unauthorized drones around major events. The department also plans to roll out a new 311 dispatch system.
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The county's Department of Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management upgraded its computer-aided dispatching system to one that is cloud-based and can work more easily with neighboring agencies.
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PERSPECTIVES includes discussions from federal, state and county governments
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"One-time data entry has improved agency effectiveness while allowing agencies to maintain ownership of their own records management systems"
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contained files with the names and Social Security numbers of more than 98,000 individuals
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A New York state teenager arrested last month for threatening to tell other spammers how to send waves of unsolicited messages
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The Department of Homeland Security moves -- albeit slowly -- toward risk-based funding.
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A few policy changes that should benefit locals have trickled out of the Department of Homeland Security.
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The push is on to revitalize emergency operations centers into sophisticated, dazzling headquarters for officials from the major branches of emergency response.
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Interactive handheld devices will be designed with the intent of providing police officers with information in real time; system may serve as hub of region-wide "First Responder Web"
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'They spend millions of dollars a year on high-tech computer security defenses, but often fail to address the simplest, most critical aspect of information security: the human element'
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A cigar box-sized device that provides radio interoperability in a matter of minutes at the scene of a major incident
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Plea to Bill Gates results in two-year collaboration to develop, roll out system.
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VoIP companies to provide 911 service comparable to incumbent telephone companies
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Oregon's Connect & Protect Service delivers NOAA/National Weather Service Alerts and emergency information to coastal residents' PCs and cell phones
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Maine Secretary of State to represent NGA on Committee that will develop minimum standards for driver's licenses and personal identification cards
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